It was suggested by someone for the enduro to use each drivers kart instead of sharing one. I know a number of folks don't want to put 1 or 2 hours on their kart and engine. With the weight having to go by the lightest driver it emphasizes finding co-drivers that weight the same.

Option one would work better for us, as it is hard to find someone close to the same height and more importantly same weight to run with. If we have to share a kart this will more than likely put us out of running the race. I dont see a point in racing if one of the drivers will be at a significant disadvantage. Jmo

Team would have to exchange transponders during drive/kart changes, but this is easy. Transponders can be carried in the drivers pocket and handed off easily. We do this at the vintage event since we have a shortage of transponders.

I think the karts comming off the track would have to be weighed. Bes5 would before they come off the track, but that would not be reasonable. Prob each kart of each team would have to be weighed before the event and marked. C_________________"kart racing since 1958, was and still the best bank for the buck in motorsports"

With the jr class I agree on the two karts. It will be hard to match everyone up with such a wide age difference.

On the other hand with the adults running for two hours two karts would be a huge benefit. It would be like having two sets of tires without having the loss of time to change them. The main part of a enduro is being able to complete it with no failures on one kart.

With the jr class I agree on the two karts. It will be hard to match everyone up with such a wide age difference.

On the other hand with the adults running for two hours two karts would be a huge benefit. It would be like having two sets of tires without having the loss of time to change them. The main part of a enduro is being able to complete it with no failures on one kart.

Steve-I thought of that. But I was thinking of us old guys. I would run the enduro if I could get up with a team of several senior citizens! I can't do 1 hr myself. And I would be much more comfortable in my kart. And I don't think us old guys would really be any challenge to you young guns, like you and Matt!

Just thinking of ways to get more to participate. Again I d consider running with multiple drvers and multiple karts.

But I am open to any suggestions/decisions. I just know for me, multiple drivers/karts would be the difference of me racing or not. c_________________"kart racing since 1958, was and still the best bank for the buck in motorsports"

I like the idea of different karts for the Juniors...We're in the same position as the Kummers, only on the other end of the weight and height scale.

As far as the seniors go, I agree with Steve in principle, but I have heard of very few guys who have been able to find a suitable (weight) partner. If the goal is fundraising for the club, we need to find a way to have as many entries as possible.

One way that SCCA does regional enduro's is to have a long mandatory pitstop. The officials audit the mylaps, and you have to have a laptime that equals your fastest lap time, plus the mandatory stopped time in the pits and whatever the time is that it takes to exit and enter the pit lane. If you did that, there would be time to safely add or remove lead, refuel, change tires...Just an idea.

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The problem with multiple karts per team is that all the karts will have to be inside the oval before the start, and you will have a entire set of "dead" karts sitting on the oval at all times. Then when pit stops / driver changes are being made the number will go up drastically, and safe operating space goes down dramatically. Not a good situation, especially in the Jr classes.

Then there is double (or triple) the tech, multiple kart numbers for the same "team", and transponders will have to also be switched during the changeover. Lots of administrative overhead, with much opportunity for error.

Maybe a good idea at a larger place that had a true hot pit, but not at our place.